Severn School of Psychiatry education fellowships: a new way to promote educational practice and research.

This paper describes a model of training in leadership and project management skills for advanced trainees, using educational projects within the Severn School of Psychiatry. Fellowships lasting 1 year have been developed to enable trainees, working with a senior consultant trainer associated with the School of Psychiatry, to support important new educational initiatives. Linkage with the local university training and learning for health professionals research module has provided academic support for the trainees and the projects.

Training across boundaries.

Background: This project arises from recent literature that has challenged a conventional view of training as being professional-specific or 'silo' based. Various authors have recommended that to train psychiatrists for the future, it will be helpful to provide opportunities for exposure to different medical specialties, including general practice.

Methodology: Training Across Boundaries (TAB) started in February 2013, aiming to develop training links between core psychiatry and medical specialties and primary care.